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J. G. GERMAN. WEoESET IRON EEESE POST. No. 299,922. Patented June 3, 1884.

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UNITED STATES JAooR e. GERMAN, or sr. MARYs,

ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIG'NOR TO WILLIAM N. FORD, OF SAME PLACE.

WROUGHT-IRON FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,922, dated June 3, 1884.

Application filed January 28, 1894. (No model.) Patented in Canada January 30, 1882, No.14,093.

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAooR G. GERMAN, a subject of the Grownof Great Britain, residing at St. Marys, Perth county, Dominion of Can ada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wrought-Iron Fence-Posts, of which the following is a description.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fence embodying my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the means of securing the fence-wires to the post.

My invention relates'to improvements in wrought-iron fence-posts; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

A represents my improved post, consisting of the vertical iron rod a, of any suitable height, and-the lateral braces b, formed of a single rod of wrought-iron bent in the form of I an inverted U, with an eye, 0, at its apex to ground about the same distance as the braces receive the rod 0, and having its lower ends bent, as at d, to form feet for holding the same firmly in the ground. The rod a is provided with notches e to receive the fence-wires f, which are held in thesaid notches by the binding ties or loops 9, or by the Wires twisted around the rods. The posts A are further stayed by the longitudinal braces Zz, which are provided at their upper ends with eyes i, in which the rods a are secured, and at their lower ends with feet j. The rods a enter the b h, and may or may not be provided with feet at their lower ends. I, however, prefer to provide every alternate one with a foot, 75, as shown in Fig. 1. The posts and their braces can be, if desired, anchored by placing stones on their feet, or by any other. suitable means.

I am aware that a post made of iron rods is not broadly new, and therefore do not claim such.

Having thus described my I claim as new is 1. The herein-described wrought-iron fencepost A, consisting of the vertical rod a, provided with notches c, and the inverted-U- shaped lateral braces 1), formed of a single rod, and having an eye, 0, to receive the rod (1, and provided with the feet d, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In afence-post, the combination, with the rods a, provided with the feet k, of the inverted-Ushaped lateral braces 12, )rovided with the eye 0 and the feet (I, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with the post A, consisting of the vertical rod a and the inverted- U-shaped braces I), provided with feet d, of the braces h, provided with eyes i and feet 9',

invention, what substantially as herein shown and described. 

